Kitchen Helper (Full Time)
YWCA Hamilton
- Hamilton, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provides front of house customer service;
- Prepares food for display cases in café;
- Able to promote and cross sell menu items;
- Assists with food preparation and cooking activities in the YWCA Café and YWCA catering;
- Prepares menu items according to recipes created by Kitchen Manager;
- Assists with serving meals;
- Operates large and small kitchen appliances, including maintenance;
- Assists Kitchen Manager with receiving, inventory, and stocking shelves;
- Performs general housekeeping duties such as washing dishes, cleaning and sanitizing, emptying garbage bins;
- Performs catering duties for special events;
- Contributes to building and supporting the kitchen/café team by helping where needed, using professional and respectful language, attending team meetings as required;
- Ensures compliance with the Health Protection and Promotion Act;
- Works safely and reports all workplace hazards and follows all YWCA Hamilton Health and Safety policies and procedures;
- Supports YWCA Hamilton mission, vision and values;
- Perform other duties as required.
- Works 37.5 hours work week;
- Ability to use frequent light to medium physical effort: lifting up to 22 kg, bending and stooping;
- Various shifts of days, afternoons, evenings and weekends.
- Experience in food service, retail or hospitality is an asset;
- Cash handling experience and Smart Serve are assets;
- Must have Safe Food Handling certificate or willing to obtain at own time and cost;
- Must provide a current Criminal Record Judicial Matters Police check or willingness to obtain at own cost;
- Must have current Standard First Aid and CPR certificate or willingness to obtain at own cost;
- Ability to bring a feminist, anti-racist/anti-oppressive perspective to day to day work;
- Ability to work a schedule with various shifts;
- Valid Class G Driver’s License an asset;
- Bilingual English/French or other languages an asset.
- On-the-job training and professional development opportunities
- Staff fitness, childcare and recreation discounts
- Opportunities to get involved in our community
- A competitive total rewards package